Promoter Eddie Hearn was furious when he saw Dmitry Bivol lose what he considered a questionable 12-round majority decision to Artur Beterbiev on Saturday night in Riyad.

What really angered Hearn was the judge’s score of 8-4 for Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KO), which he felt did not reflect what happened in the ring.

Hearn score 8-4 for Bivol

Hearn says Bivol (23-1, 12 KO) gave him an 8-4 victory, which fans said was even worse than the one he gave Beterbiev. The way Bivol folded in the second half of the contest means he cannot be considered deserving of the 8-4 score that Hearn gave him.

With all the movement Bivol was using, he still broke under Beterbiev’s pressure in rounds 8 through 12. Bivol moved constantly. What would happen if Biwol decided to stand up and fight Beterbiev? This is something Hearn doesn’t mention because he would have to face a bigger truth.

On Saturday night, Bivol lost the WBA title to IBF, WBC and WBO featherlight heavyweight champion Beterbiev, who is now the undisputed four-belt champion after defeating him at the Kingdom Arena.

Results

– 114-114
– 115-113
– 116-112

“Eddie Hearn always talks bad about me,” said Artur Beterbiev iFL Televisionin reaction to the information that Eddie Hearn is not satisfied with the results after his victory over Dmitry Bivol. “Yes, I think so,” Beterbiev replied when asked if he wanted a rematch with Bivol after being told that His Excellency Turki Alalshikh wanted a rematch.

“Maybe because the third guy I beat him. Maybe that’s why he always complains about me,” Beterbiev said about beating fellow Hearn fighter.

Hearn is concerned that Beterbiev beat another of his fighters, but that is much harder to swallow because the defeat hurt Bivol’s chances of fighting Canelo Alvarez again. This fight would be a hit.

“He’s a lot more humble than me because when you work your whole life and get results like that, it’s not fair to take that away from you,” Eddie Hearn told iFL TV about his player Bivol.

“I was 8-4, 7-5 [for Bivol]but for someone to score 116-114 in this fight, you give Dmitry Bivol four rounds in this fight. This referee should never work again,” Hearn continued. “It’s a shame that during the biggest fight and on the biggest stage, this happens.

“He [Bivol] I won’t say it, but I will. Without a doubt, he should be the undisputed champion today,” Hearn said.

The judges decided that Beterbiev was the better player and made the right choice. Bivol was tired and couldn’t fight challenging enough later in the fight when he had to be aggressive.

“He hits challenging, but not like people describe,” Bivol said when asked about Beterbiev’s strength, Bivol said. “Yes, it’s challenging. Look at my eye. He punched my left arm multiple times and you can see my bruises. Yes, it is mighty, but we can withstand these mighty blows.

“His Excellency said: ‘Bad decision. We’ll do a rematch,” Hearn said. “We keep our fingers crossed, he keeps his word. I have a supple spot for him. He’s an amazing athlete. The way he takes this defeat is so much better than me, but that’s just the way he is. Respect to both players. This man should be the undisputed champion today.”

Bivol withered

The final word belonged to the judges, who felt that Bivol had not done enough to win the competition. If Bivol had not lost his nerve and become timid in the last five rounds, he could have won. He spent rounds 8 to 12 running, trying not to get beaten and give up. If Bivol had shown courage, he would have been knocked out because he was withering even though he was running.

Eddie Hearn doesn’t think any objective observer would be able to convince him that Artur Beterbiev won six rounds over Dmitry Bivol on Saturday night, let alone eight.

Although Bivol’s promoter is confident that Bivol deserved to win the unification bout for the featherlight heavyweight championship, Hearn expressed confidence during the post-fight press conference that his fighter would receive an immediate rematch. Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, told Bivol, Hearn and others at the ring that he wanted to schedule a second fight between Beterbiev and Bivol as soon as possible.

GEA financed the entire gala headlined by Beterbiev-Bivol at the Kingdom Arena in Riyad, the capital of Saudi Arabia. Beterbiev (21-0, 20 KO), who won a majority decision, and Bivol (23-1, 12 KO) each earned approximately $10 million for the long-awaited fight that crowned the first of the four fully unified boxing champions at up to 175 pounds. -belt era.

Hearn, the president of Matchroom Boxing, doesn’t think anything other than a rematch with Bivol makes sense for the injury-prone Beterbiev, who turns 40 in January.

“Yes, I mean ‘His Excellency’ [Alalshikh] he said, “Bad decision. We’re doing a rematch.[…]We know he keeps his word,” Hearn said. “We know he supported Dmitry Bivol. We thank him very much, not only for the opportunities Dmitry Bivol has given, but for what he has given to boxing tonight by taking this fight. And there has to be a rematch, because Artur Beterbiev, you know, there will always be controversy around this fight.

“And he is a true champion. What other fight awaits Artur Beterbiev? I mean, the whole world will want to see it again. The whole world will know. You know, I’m sure there are those who recognized Beterbiev’s victory. But everyone I know who knows boxing didn’t tell me that in the ring.

Justices Paweł Kardyni (116-112) and Glenn Feldman (115-113) disagreed with Hearn’s assessment. They scored eight and seven rounds respectively for Beterbiev, as the Russian champion kept the pressure on Bivol for most of their 12-round encounter and regularly landed punches on the smarter, savvier technician who tried to overtake him, usually by moving backwards.

Referee Manuel Oliver Palomo gave Beterbiev and Bivol six rounds each (114-114).

Alalshikh believes that all three judges were wrong.

“In my opinion, the result is not fair,” Alalshikh said as he left the ring. “I think it’s at least for Bivol [by] two rounds… two fighters like my brother, OK? But I think Bivol [won] two more rounds. I don’t know why this result [is] yes, but in my opinion I will focus and try to make a rematch. They deserve it. They deserve it. If they agree, we will do it.”

Beterbiev, 39, and Bivol, 33, have expressed equal interest in fighting again next.

“We should ask the boxing fans,” said Bivol, who was reluctant to apply what he considered an “excuse” for his first professional defeat. “Do they want this rematch? If they want [it]I’d like to give that rematch and of course I’d like to get that chance again.”

Montreal’s Beterbiev, who has covered that distance for the first time since his amateur days, would welcome a profitable opportunity to defeat Bivol more decisively in a second fight for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC and WBO belts.

“If ‘His Excellency’ wants,” Beterbiev told DAZN’s Chris Mannix at the ring, “we will do it [it]”

Author: Sean Crose

Artur Beterbiev is the recent undisputed airy heavyweight champion of the world – but not everyone agrees that this should be the case. After winning a majority decision over Dmitry Bivol in a razor-sharp, top-flight affair, many netizens viewed Beterviev as receiving a decision he didn’t deserve. “Defense is losing the fight,” former titleholder Chris Algieri said during a live broadcast with fellow former titleholder Paulie Malignaggi. Indeed, Bivol fought exceptionally well, employing a fluid defense throughout much of the fight.

Bivol got going early, while Beterbiev largely fought patiently until the final seconds of the first, when he began to boost the volume and exchange with Beterbiev. In the second case, Bivol was the more energetic of the two players. Beterbiev, however, constantly tracked his man throughout the round. In the third quarter, Bivol was able to throw some keen shots at Beterbiev. In the fourth game, Bivol clearly took control of the fight. He moved, managed distance better, and landed more often. Beterbiev looked like a man chasing a goal that he cannot successfully reach.

Bivol began to leisurely down in fifth place, and Beterbiev managed to land consistently. Bivol, however, hit Beterbiev with a solid straight right. Toward the end of the round, both men landed well repeatedly, but Beterbiev seemed to land the hardest shots. The 6th was a very close and tight affair with both men having their moments. Biivol’s hitting did a huge job in the seventh set, as did the man’s footwork. He actually temporarily supported Beterbiev in the last minute of the round.

Bivol tried to steal the eighth by stringing together combinations in the final seconds of the chapter. However, Beterbiev had performed admirably up to this point. Bivol was able to control the ninth shot with his footwork and high-speed combinations, which he executed at high volume. Then just like that, Beterbiev was able to completely master the tenth. In the eleventh over he resumed batting at his man. For a moment, it looked like Bivol might not be able to stay on his feet. Fortunately for Bivol, however, he managed to survive the attack. In the twelfth and last round, both players performed quite well.

The judges ruled in Beterbiev’s favor by scores of 114-114, 115-113 and 116-112.